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Registered charity · Sheffield

Nocn

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £20m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana and more
Website
www.nocn.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Nocn
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20m£20m
  • 2024£19m£18m
  • 2023£17m£16m
Earlier years
  • 2022£15m£15m
  • 2021£15m£12m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS;1 BY PROMOTING AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INCLUDING FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES;2 BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND FLEXIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROVISION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; AND3 BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITATING PROGRESSION TO FURTHER LEARNING, EMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE AWARDS OF CREDITS AND CREDIT-BASED QUALIFICATIONS

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 13Other services 4Professional services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£20.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.2 in 2021

317 from 184 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1079785
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/08/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/02/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/02/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/10/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/10/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUL 2017 as amended on 05 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 03829217 · Active
Contact on the register
0300-999-1177 · nocn@nocn.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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